Detroit

Best Detroit suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·54 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Beverly Hills$511k median · 22.9 min commute
Schools ACost of living D+Residents inactive
88
Schools score
overall 80 B+
2
Birmingham, MI
Birmingham$698k median · 20.3 min commute
Schools ACost of living D−Residents inactive
88
Schools score
overall 77 B
3
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Grosse Pointe Woods$342k median · 24.2 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living D+Residents inactive
84
Schools score
overall 71 B−
4
Novi Michigan Civic Center, 45175 West 10 Mile Road
Novi$422k median · 26.2 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living C−Residents inactive
83
Schools score
overall 71 B−
5
Downtown Royal Oak, Michigan (2020) at night looking south toward Detroit
Royal Oak$329k median · 23.8 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living B−Residents inactive
83
Schools score
overall 76 B
6
Downtown Berkley on 12 Mile Road. Metadata is at File:WABerkleyHeader.jpg, I had to remove an obstructive object.
Berkley$317k median · 22.0 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living C+Residents inactive
82
Schools score
overall 78 B+
7
Looking north over Downtown Rochester, Michigan in Detroit's far-north suburbs (2022)
Rochester$473k median · 24.9 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living CResidents inactive
81
Schools score
overall 72 B−
8
Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Grosse Pointe Park$473k median · 24.8 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living DResidents inactive
80
Schools score
overall 69 B−
9
Skyline of the city of Troy looking east from the the intersection of Coolidge Hwy and Big Beaver Rd (16 Mile Rd)
Troy$420k median · 23.7 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living CResidents inactive
80
Schools score
overall 72 B−
10
Rochester Hills, Michigan
Rochester Hills$410k median · 24.3 min commute
Schools BCost of living CResidents inactive
75
Schools score
overall 70 B−
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Birmingham (Notorious4life (talk) (Uploads) · CC0); Grosse Pointe Woods (Notorious4life (talk) (Uploads) · CC0); Novi (Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0); Royal Oak (Lrgjr72 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Berkley (WeaponizingArchitecture · CC BY-SA 4.0); Rochester (Lrgjr72 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Grosse Pointe Park (Notorious4life (talk) (Uploads) · CC0); Troy (Lrgjr72 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Rochester Hills (Ajay Suresh · CC BY 4.0).